Communauté d'Agglomération Villefranche Beaujolais Saône

What Communauté d'Agglomération Villefranche Beaujolais Saône does

Communauté d'Agglomération Villefranche Beaujolais Saône (CAVBS) is a French public territorial authority — an Établissement public de coopération intercommunale — that aggregates municipal competencies across 18 communes in the Rhône department of the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region, headquartered at 115 Rue Paul Bert, Villefranche-sur-Saône. It delivers a unified public-service portfolio spanning potable water (delegated to Veolia), sanitation, waste collection and recycling (28 composting sites, a déchèterie at Arnas, ArcGIS-powered collection maps), urban planning (Guichet Numérique d'Urbanisme portal, PLUiH approved September 2025), early-childhood care (8-11 crèches, a 36-place biosourced nursery under construction at Blacé), cultural and sports facilities (Musée Claude Bernard, Le Prieuré, Conservatoire, Le Nautile aquatic centre), mobility (Viavélo bike-share, En Covoit' carpooling, Citiz car-sharing, park-and-ride), economic development (Créacité incubator, e-cité, Beau Parc 37-hectare ZAC), and funerary services (crematorium and landscaped cemetery at Gleizé).

The digital infrastructure is built around a core institutional website (agglo-villefranche.fr, designed by LesBonsTech, hosted by OVH in France, audited by Matomo) and a constellation of dedicated portals — Portail Familles, Portail déchèterie, Cadastre solaire/géothermique, and the Délibérations cloud — with GDPR compliance managed by DPO Consulting. Delivery relies on strategic partnerships: Veolia for water, SOLIHA for housing adaptation guidance, France Travail for petite-enfance recruitment, and Fibois/Naturoscope for cultural programming.

Revenue is non-commercial and not publicly disclosed. Funding flows from local taxes (taxe de séjour, property levies), member-commune fiscal contributions, modest public-service fees (income-based crèche fees, €20 unit composter pricing, €1,500 home adaptation subsidies), and state/regional subsidies for housing, energy-transition (Plan Climat), and infrastructure projects. The organization operates with 51-100 employees and is governed by elected officials from the 18 communes; Pascal Ronzière serves as Directeur de publication.

Name

Communauté d'Agglomération Villefranche Beaujolais Saône

Legal name

Communauté d'Agglomération Villefranche Beaujolais Saône

Website

https://agglo-villefranche.fr

Company type

Public

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Communauté d'Agglomération Villefranche Beaujolais Saône is a French public intercommunal authority delivering water, sanitation, waste, urban planning, childcare, mobility, cultural, and economic-development services to residents and businesses across 18 communes in the Beaujolais region.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Local Public Administration

NAICS

Administration of Environmental Quality Programs (9241), Administration of Air and Water Resource and Solid Waste Management Programs (924110), Museums, Historical Sites, and Similar Institutions (712), Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation (71)

SIC

Sanitary Services (4950), Refuse Systems (4953), Services-Amusement & Recreation Services (7900), Services-To Dwellings & Other Buildings (7340)

akta.pro primary industry

Parks, Recreation & Cultural Services (BPAIACAI)

akta.pro secondary industries

Parks, Recreation & Protected Areas Administration (BPAIAMAH), Environmental Public Health (Food Safety, Water Quality, Sanitation) (BPAIAJAE), State/Provincial Environmental Protection & Natural Resources Administration (BPAIABAL)

Keywords

• Local public administration
• Intercommunal public services
• Waste and water management
• Urban planning administration
• Early childhood and cultural services

Headquarters

HQ city

Villefranche-sur-Saône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Local Taxes and Levies: The agglomeration derives its primary revenue from local taxes (taxe de séjour/tourist tax, property-related levies) and fiscal contributions from the 18 member communes. Tax revenues fund core public services including waste management, water distribution, and infrastructure.
2. Public Service Fees: Fees charged for specific services including SPANC (assainissement non collectif) inspections, waste collection bin provision and repair, childcare (crèche) fees, and crematorium/funerary services.
3. Government Subsidies and Grants: State and regional subsidies received for specific projects including housing adaptation subsidies, economic development aids, Plan Climat funding, and infrastructure investments.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

Communauté d'Agglomération Villefranche Beaujolais Saône is a French public intercommunal authority that delivers territorial public services across 18 communes in the Beaujolais region. Its core activities cover potable water distribution, sanitation (collective and non-collective), household waste collection and composting, urban planning permits, mobility (bike-sharing, carpooling, car-sharing, public transport), early childhood services (11 crèches and a family portal), cultural and sports facilities (Le Nautile aquatic centre, Musée Claude Bernard, Musée du Prieuré, Conservatoire), economic development (incubators, business parks), environmental transition tools (solar and geothermal cadastres, Plan Climat), and funerary services (crematorium and landscaped cemetery).

Product overview

Communauté d'Agglomération Villefranche Beaujolais Saône is a public territorial authority (intercommunal structure) that provides a diverse portfolio of services to 18 municipalities in the Beaujolais region. The organization offers a unified service platform rather than a commercial product suite. Key offerings include Viavélo (bike sharing with stations across the territory), Le Nautile (aquatic center), cultural facilities (Musée Claude Bernard, Musée du Prieuré, Conservatoire de musique), administrative portals (family services portal, childcare single window), environmental tools (solar cadastre, geothermal cadastre), and public infrastructure (funeral/crematorium services, cemetery). The digital services are accessible through dedicated portals including a family portal, waste management portal, and digital urban planning guichet.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Viavélo: Bike-sharing and long-term bicycle rental service operated by the communauté for daily commuting.
• Le Nautile
• Musée Claude Bernard
• Musée du Prieuré
• Conservatoire
• Créacité
• E-cité

Products and services

• Viavélo Public bike-sharing service offering bicycles for short-term and long-term rental at multiple stations across the 18 communes, supporting daily commuting and intermodal travel.
• Le Nautile (Aquatic Centre) Public aquatic facility with sports pool, water slides, splashpad, paddling pool, outdoor pool, and jacuzzi serving residents and visitors of the agglomeration.
• Musée Claude Bernard Public museum dedicated to naturalist Claude Bernard, offering temporary exhibitions, guided tours, workshops, and conferences for children and adults exploring natural sciences.
• Musée du Prieuré Public museum located in Salles-Arbuissonnas-en-Beaujolais presenting historical and cultural exhibitions with varied programming for all ages.
• Conservatoire de musique Public music and performing arts conservatory with main location and satellite antennas in Jassans and Limas, offering music education across the territory.
• Centre funéraire-crématorium Public funeral and cremation centre located in Gleizé, providing cremation facilities and funeral services for the agglomeration territory.
• Cimetière paysager Landscaped public cemetery located in Gleizé offering burial plots and cemetery services with concession renewal options for residents.
• Guichet unique petite enfance Single-window administrative service for families providing information, guidance, and registration for various childcare options for young children across the 18 communes.
• Guichet numérique d'urbanisme Online service for submitting urban planning authorization requests including building permits, planning declarations, and demolition permits, available 7 days a week free of charge for residents and professionals.
• Cadastre solaire Free online tool enabling users to simulate the capacity of a roof to produce solar energy through photovoltaic or thermal panels, supporting household energy transition decisions.
• Cadastre géothermique Free online tool that helps residents evaluate the geothermal potential of land parcels, supporting preparation of renovation or construction projects and reducing long-term energy consumption.
• Portail Familles Online family portal enabling parents to modify household and children's information, submit childcare pre-registration requests, complete booking planning, and access invoices through a secure digital environment.

Quantifiable outcome

• 21+ tonnes of biowaste diverted from household waste in 2025 through 28 composting sites
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration5 records

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• France TravailcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 4 June 2026France Travail (formerly Pole Emploi) partners with the petite enfance service for organizing job dating events. Candidates can pre-register through France Travail to schedule interviews during the job dating events, facilitating recruitment for childcare positions across the communauté's 8 crèches.
• VeoliacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerVeolia is the delegated operator for potable water production and distribution on the aggomeration's territory. The partnership involves weekly reporting to monitor water production and resource management. Veolia works with the communauté to manage the Beauregard water catchment and the Saône alluvial aquifer catchment at Saint-Georges-de-Reneins.
• SOLIHAcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSOLIHA is a certified organization financed by the communauté d'aggomeration to provide free guidance to households on housing adaptation for seniors and people with disabilities. SOLIHA advisors inform residents about available financial aids, priority works, and connect them with qualified professionals. Permanences are held at the communauté's headquarters and in communes.
• FiboisminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerFibois contributed a pedagogical space to the Musée Claude Bernard's 'L'Arbre, tout un monde' exhibition (June-September 2026), providing educational content about wood and biosourced construction materials.
• Naturoscope (Ville de Puteaux)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Naturoscope of the city of Puteaux (Paris region) designed the 'L'Arbre, tout un monde' exhibition at Musée Claude Bernard, providing the core educational and interpretive framework for the biodiversity exhibit.
• LesBonsTechminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerLesBonsTech designed and developed the communautés official website. They are credited as the conception and realization partner for the digital platform at agglo-villefranche.fr.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Regional players

• Roannais Agglomération: Other Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes communauté d'agglomération of comparable size and population, exercising the same intercommunal compétences; useful for benchmarking Cap Clair and Plan Climat investments.
• Annonay Rhône Agglo: Smaller Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes communauté d'agglomération with similar scope (water, waste, mobility, cultural facilities), useful as a smaller-scale benchmark for service-delivery cost structures.
• Pays de Montbéliard Agglomération: Comparable-sized intercommunal authority outside Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, providing the same mandatory public-service portfolio. Benchmark for water-delegation models and Plan Climat implementation.
• Arlysère: Smaller intercommunal authority in Savoie exercising the same mandatory compétences (water, sanitation, waste, urban planning). Useful as a peer for smaller-scale agglomeration operating models.

Direct peers

• Bourg-en-Bresse Agglomération: Comparable communauté d'agglomération in the Ain department, with an overlapping compétences profile including economic zones, water, sanitation, mobility, and cultural facilities.
• Vienne Condrieu Agglomération: Neighbouring communauté d'agglomération in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes with similar population scale, providing comparable water, waste, mobility, and cultural-services portfolios across communes in the Rhône valley.
• Mâconnais Beaujolais Agglomération: Intercommunal authority in the same Beaujolais region covering 39 communes, with overlapping economic-development, water, sanitation, and waste mandates. Most direct peer given geographic adjacency and population-scale similarity.
• Communauté d'Agglomération Villefranche Beaujolais Saône: The subject company itself; included for reference to its own service profile and to anchor the peer set with the most directly comparable local public-services benchmark in the region.
• Annemasse Agglo: French cross-border agglomeration of similar size in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, providing the same range of intercommunal competences (urban planning, mobility, water, waste, childcare, culture).

Broad incumbents

• Valence Romans Agglo: Larger and more established communauté d'agglomération in the same region, providing intercommunal services across a wider population base. Useful as a scaled-up peer for digital-service and mobility investments.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/@communauteagglovillefranch8523
• Facebookfacebook.com/agglovbs
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/communaute-d-agglomeration-villefranche-beaujolais-saone
• Instagraminstagram.com/cavillefranchebeaujolaissaone

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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